Section 120.895 - ObjectivesThe following are the objectives of 105 CMR 120.890:
(A) To protect public health and safety and the environment by ensuring that radioactive material users avail themselves of all the opportunities to produce less waste.(B) To minimize the use of radioactive sources (this is a major objective of the Department's minimization program).(C) To reduce the amount of waste requiring treatment, storage and disposal. To this end all radioactive materials users should strive to achieve "zero production" of low-level radioactive waste and frivolous or unnecessary uses of radioactive materials should be avoided, especially if non-radioactive alternatives are available.(D) To ensure waste material is well characterized so as to reduce disposal liabilities and conserve disposal capacity.(E) To permit evaluation of the waste generation activity, allowing for optimal minimization controls that are consistent with waste management policies and procedures authorized by federal and state law and regulation as of December 8, 1987.(F) To identify opportunities to achieve source minimization, volume minimization and storage for decay. These opportunities shall include activities required in M.G.L. c. 111H, § 13, including avoiding unnecessarily contaminating items while using radioactive materials; segregating radioactive waste from non-radioactive trash; and identifying the objective of substituting short-lived radionuclides or non-radioactive materials for long-lived radionuclides, where possible.(G) To be consistent with the promotion of responsible research and innovation.